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Caenoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Pannota

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Ephemeroptera

Rank
  
Superfamily

Caenoidea

Similar
  
Pannota, Schistonota, Baetiscidae, Tricorythidae, Prosopistomatidae

Caenoidea is a superfamily of mayflies in the suborder Pannota. Members of this superfamily can be distinguished from those of Ephemerelloidea by the fact that the gills of the nymphs are filamentous.

The following families are recognised:

  • Baetiscidae
  • Caenidae
  • Neoephemeridae
  • Prosopistomatidae
  • References

    Caenoidea Wikipedia